Sunday, July 6, 2025

$4.1B in CEPEP spending unaudited for over a decade

CEPEP crew clearing grass along the South Trunk Road in Bel Air, La Romain, earlier this year.

CEPEP crew clearing grass along the South Trunk Road in Bel Air, La Romain, earlier this year.

KRISTIAN DE SILVA

More than $6.5 bil­lion in pub­lic funds was pumped in­to the Com­mu­ni­ty-Based En­vi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion and En­hance­ment Pro­gramme (CEPEP) over 15 years–be­tween 2009 and 2023–by the Gov­ern­ment.

by

Joshua Seemungal

News

Vendor Gary Julien chats with a group of customers along Railway Road, San Juan, last week.

Vendor Gary Julien chats with a group of customers along Railway Road, San Juan, last week.

ABRAHAM DIAZ

Dr Rowley’s lookalike–nuts, drinks and double takes

There is no deny­ing that 72-year-old Gary Julien bears a strik­ing re­sem­blance to for­mer prime min­is­ter Dr Kei­th Row­ley.

A teacher and a male student of the Moruga Secondary School in a fight on the school compound earlier this year.

A teacher and a male student of the Moruga Secondary School in a fight on the school compound earlier this year.

Alarm bells ring over school violence; 2,000 suspension in one term

Near­ly 2,000 stu­dents were sus­pend­ed in a sin­gle school term dur­ing the 2021/2022 aca­d­e­m­ic year—a star­tling in­di­ca­tor of ris­ing dis­ci­pline chal­lenges in Trinidad and To­ba­go’s ed­u­ca­tion sys­tem.

Commonwealth observers at the Belmont Secondary School during the April 28 General Election.

Commonwealth observers at the Belmont Secondary School during the April 28 General Election.

ROBERTO CODALLO

Commonwealth observers flag bribery,

spending gaps and apathy in 2025 election

The Com­mon­wealth Ob­serv­er Group’s fi­nal re­port on Trinidad and To­ba­go’s 2025 Gen­er­al Elec­tion has raised mul­ti­ple con­cerns about the coun­try’s elec­toral en­vi­ron­ment, high­light­ing al­le­ga­tions of bribery, gaps in cam­paign fi­nance laws, vot­er dis­en­gage­ment, un­equal me­dia ac­cess, and un­der­rep­re­sen­ta­tion of women in Par­lia­ment.

Hans Hanoomansingh, left, and Rickey Singh.

Hans Hanoomansingh, left, and Rickey Singh.

Region mourns loss of media icons

Hans Hanoomansingh and Rickey Singh

The Caribbean has lost two vi­sion­ary voic­es in the me­dia. Vet­er­an lo­cal broad­cast­er Hans Hanoomans­ingh and re­gion­al colum­nist Rick­ey Singh both passed away yes­ter­day.

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CEPEP crew clearing grass along the South Trunk Road in Bel Air, La Romain, earlier this year.

CEPEP crew clearing grass along the South Trunk Road in Bel Air, La Romain, earlier this year.

KRISTIAN DE SILVA

$4.1B in CEPEP spending unaudited for over a decade

More than $6.5 bil­lion in pub­lic funds was pumped in­to the Com­mu­ni­ty-Based En­vi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion and En­hance­ment Pro­gramme (CEPEP) over 15 years–be­tween 2009 and 2023–by the Gov­ern­ment.

by

Joshua Seemungal

News

CEPEP crew clearing grass along the South Trunk Road in Bel Air, La Romain, earlier this year.

CEPEP crew clearing grass along the South Trunk Road in Bel Air, La Romain, earlier this year.

KRISTIAN DE SILVA

$4.1B in CEPEP spending unaudited for over a decade

More than $6.5 bil­lion in pub­lic funds was pumped in­to the Com­mu­ni­ty-Based En­vi­ron­men­tal Pro­tec­tion and En­hance­ment Pro­gramme (CEPEP) over 15 years–be­tween 2009 and 2023–by the Gov­ern­ment.

by

Joshua Seemungal
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